The Davis-Bacon Act[1] requires contractors on all federal construction projects to pay their work­ers the prevailing wage in the same locality. The law is intended to ensure that the government's ...

The Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors on all federal construction projects to pay their workers the prevailing wage in the same locality. However, the prevailing wages estimated by the federal ...

The Biden Administration announced on August 8, 2023, the issuance of a final rule from the Department of Labor (DOL), Wage and Hour Division, that overhauls the prevailing wage pay requirements for ...

The Prevailing Wage Requirements and the Apprenticeship Requirements (both as defined below) apply to any taxpayer, contractor or subcontractor that employs laborers and mechanics who work on the ...

Earlier this month, the Florida Phoenix reported that a handful of workers at several customer call centers operated by contractors for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services walked off the ...

However, problems may arise if there is a need to adjust the information imported from the prevailing wage determination, as it will result in a delay in processing. At first glance, this change makes ...

The dispute in Eugene concerns redevelopment of property long owned by the Eugene Water & Electric Board. In separate ...

As unionization in the construction industry continues to decline, prevailing wage laws are becoming even more controversial. Only 13.1 percent of U.S. construction workers were union members in 2006, ...

The Department of Labor told long-care providers that it cannot expedite the prevailing wage determination process for foreign-born registered nurses after they called on the agency to streamline the ...

A change in state law, effective since the beginning of this year, requires local officials, including town officials, to obtain a determination of the prevailing wage for every project expected to ...

No matter which news source you follow, the story is the same: economic recovery for the construction industry is trailing behind other sectors. As a result, contractors are searching for every ...

A California court has upheld penalties against Anton’s Services Inc. for misclassifying workers and failing to comply with ...